This is such an important point.

Also: pangolins are the perfect animal. I love them so much I almost can’t stand it.

if you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12

I had to bring this here because it’s so good

hundreds of concerned Minnesotans gather to show solidarity for science

A postdoc who was fired from her government post 3 weeks into her work (for no reason) speaks from the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol

protesters hold up signs saying Our Future Depends on Science Science-it just may save your life and Mad Scientist

I was honored to speak at the MN #StandUpForScience2025 rally yesterday abt the need to shift science outreach focus from informal settings to formal K-12.
Invigorating to gather w so many concerned abt anti-science efforts in the US!
Thanks for your leadership
@standupforscience.bsky.social👏👏👏

Mandatory high school civics class that isn’t just like “how a bill becomes law” or whatever but also “how NOAA powers your phone’s weather app” and “NIH helped make your asthma inhaler”

Science is (ideally) the careful collection and documentation of observations, and an honest, ongoing debate about what those observations most likely mean.

Lab coats optional.

I think at this point if you’re not getting censured by congress it’s probably a sign that you’re simply not going hard enough

"Scissor Graph" showing men overtaking women in proportional representation in sciences after doctorate

Happy International Women's Day! Despite the efforts, while much more women enter scientific fields, due to numerous factors, few manage to remain in the field or secure senior positions. Support your coworkers, call out harmful systemic behaviour. 😘

HHMI is a wonderful organization that has done and supported amazing work that has made measurable impacts across science and science education. I hope that there is a valid reason for the cancellation.

This seems worthwhile, no?

I really didn’t want this to be true. But it is. HHMI funding is all private. There is no good reason for this program to be pulled.

A book cover for "Scientists as Prophets" by Lynda Walsh.

We’d all love for climate science to be apolitical. But it’s not—and can’t be.

This book explains why. Eye-opening and highly recommended!

For the short version, read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

@matthewherper.bsky.social explains how we know that vaccines do not cause autism. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v...

Scientists Think the World's Oldest Dinosaur Fossils May Still Be Awaiting Discovery We just have to find them... and that might be a problem.

One of my biggest pet peeves is the phrase "dig for fossils." Fossils really need to be on or at the surface to be found, and that means that what we have found is a teeeeeeeeeny little portion of what's out there. Isn't that exciting?
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

Please share far and wide! @ncse.bsky.social is hosting Montana Science teachers for a free climate science PD in a few weeks! K-12 teachers invited!

I’m a cis-woman and I, too, hate “ma’am”

I definitely do not send my kids to school to “provide [my] children with a rigorous education and to instill a patriotic admiration for our incredible Nation” anyone else?

This feels important.

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

photo of a steller's jay standing on gravely ground. they are facing the camera looking slightly down. they have two suet pellets in their beak.

Very chilly week here, so got some suet pellets as well as peanuts.

Steller's had to pause to sort out how to get more in their beak.

#ThursJay #birds #becurious

Keep this place The Good Place!

From 'evolution' to 'biological change,' Iowa science standards face controversial wording changes Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to “biological change over time,” has drawn ire from some parents, educators, students and residents acr...

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

@jerrid.bsky.social is exactly right when he says, "We're not changing the concepts, we're just changing the words. And if words scare us, then we do run into a slippery slope of freedom of speech and all the fascism stuff that people are talking about.”

You could think it's not a big deal to say "biological change over time" instead of "evolution," but you'd be wrong.

Katharine Hayhoe, climatóloga: “Solo el año pasado, China instaló más paneles solares que EE UU en toda su historia” La jefa científica de Nature Conservancy y profesora en Texas considera que “ninguna persona ni ningún Gobierno” puede detener la lucha contra el cambio climático

There's @katharinehayhoe.com on the cover page of the Climate/Environment section of @elpais.com! Reminding us that no one person or government can stop the fight against #climate change. And China? They installed more solar in the last yr than the US ever has.

I became a law professor, a Secretary of State, and a candidate for Governor — all with the tools that a public education gave me.

Let’s give every kid in Michigan a strong education — no matter what zip code they’re born in.

Life’s Building Blocks Lurked Inside NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Samples (Gift Article) Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.

If you need a break from terrestrial news, please join me on a trip 200 million miles from earth for some clues about how life began. (Gift link) nyti.ms/3Cu9gsr

a group of young children are playing soccer on a lush green field Alt: Little kids playing soccer on a green grassy field. It’s chaotic.

I say this with love to my friends in science who don’t know what to do right now: think about kids playing soccer.

We can all just chase the ball & try to kick it at the same time. (It may even go in the direction we want it to!)

But we can play better, together, if we know our positions.

I’m not ready to make nice by The Chicks.

Bird! A blue jay. Sitting on a bent branch of a dogwood tree, the branch mounded with snow, the dappling of late day sunlight behind. The blue jay is in the left of frame, facing right, its tuft slicked back and catching the golden light. In its mouth -- er, it's beak, is the beak its mouth, or is the mouth inside the beak okay never mind whatever -- IN THE BEAK is a peanut. A treasure. A prize. A little snack. The blue jay looks quite pleased at what it is found in the snow -- taken before a squirrel could get it. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

ANYWAY, sorry, here's a bird. Pause and regard the bird. The bird is happy, for the bird has found a peanut. May we all find the small joy of finding a tasty snack today.

(photo by me)